Urdu phrasebook
A Urdu phrasebook arranged by situation, not alphabetically: introductions, cafés, directions. Each has both sides' lines, so you understand not only what to say but what you will be told back.
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صبح بخیر
sub bekhair
good morning
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صبح بخیر
sub bekhair
- hello
- goodbye
- good morning
- thank you
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صبح بخیر
good morning
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___! کیا حال ہے؟
Good morning! How are you?
- صبح بخیر · sub bekhair
- خدا · khuda
- مہربانی · meharbani
- سلام · salam
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صبح بخیر
good morning
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good morning
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Conversations by situation
- 💬Getting acquainted by the fountainA talk in the yard
- 💬A glass of teaAn order in the tea-house
- 💬The road to the stationLooking for the station
- 💬The bazaar bargainHaggling at a fruit stall in the morning bazaar
- 💬The tap is leakingCalling a repairman from a rented flat
- 💬The pharmacy around the cornerA duty pharmacy, third day of a cold
- 💬The weekend and the weatherFriends arranging Sunday by phone
- 💬Who works whereTwo neighbours talking on the stairs
- 💬At the airport deskThe check-in desk, a flight to Karachi
- 💬A boat for hireThe Karachi waterfront, a boatman and two guests
- 💬Trying on a shirtA clothes shop, a buyer and a saleswoman
- 💬Late, and sorryTwo friends at a tea-house, one has kept the other waiting
- 💬Supper at the stoveA kitchen, two people cooking supper
- 💬Wi-Fi and chargingA tea-house in Lahore, the guest’s phone has died
- 💬Signing up at the libraryThe city library, a reader signs up
- 💬First time in the gymA gym, the first session with a coach
- 💬The envelope with an invitationTwo colleagues at lunch, an invitation envelope on the table
- 💬A talk at the playgroundA playground in the park, two parents on a bench
- 💬The admissions officeThe university admissions window, first day of submitting papers
- 💬A talk about a loanThe loan adviser’s desk at a bank branch
- 💬At the doctor’sA doctor’s room in the clinic, the morning hour
- 💬The office interviewA meeting room in a small firm, a candidate and the recruiter
- 💬Moving to the new houseA house yard, a truck and boxes, early morning
- 💬A car for rentThe airport, a car-rental desk, early morning
- 💬The news againA sitting room, evening, two people at the screen
- 💬Papers for workAn office window, morning, a queue of three
- 💬A car or a rickshawA kitchen, evening, an argument about what pays off day to day
- 💬The argument at the meetingA house yard, a residents’ meeting, evening
- 💬Who came byA corridor by the entrance, two people discuss a guest
- 💬After the quarrelA house roof, one friend consoles another
- 💬A call to grandmotherA kitchen, a granddaughter calls her grandmother half an hour before the guests
- 💬The exchange at the shopThe returns desk of a mall, Saturday evening
- 💬The phone in repairThe intake desk of a repair shop
- 💬Rain on SaturdayTwo neighbours by the stairwell decide whether to go to the mountains at the weekend
- 💬How to get to the stationA visitor asks a passer-by for the way in the old city
- 💬Signing up for a courseA learning-centre desk, a person chooses evening classes
- 💬Rescheduling the meetingA phone call between two colleagues on Monday morning
- 💬At the service windowA government-office window, the visitor missed half of what was said
- 💬The interviewA room in a small firm; the head talks to a person who answered an ad
- 💬Before the signatureTwo sit over a rental agreement: one lets the flat, the other reads such a text for the first time
- 💬The collection for a playgroundThe yard of an apartment block, a neighbour goes flat to flat with a signature sheet
- 💬In the bookshopA buyer looks for a gift and does not know which book to choose
- 💬Back to the gymA sports-centre desk; a man returns to training after a long break
- 💬Buying a projectorA technology shop; the buyer measures the room and loads the seller with words
- 💬An examination at the doctor’sA consulting room; a man has come with a back pain and insomnia
- 💬The sister’s weddingTwo friends in the street; one is invited to the wedding
- 💬The argument at the office meetingA small firm; two disagree about the price
- 💬Advice about movingTwo friends in a tea-house; one has been offered work in another city
- 💬In the shop, for a boardA buyer looks for a board for a shelf and describes to the seller what the old one was like
- 💬Moving the furnitureTwo people move the furniture and argue what goes where
- 💬The stock for a weekIn a café they count how much to order for the week
- 💬Why the affair stalledA head and a worker sort out why the work stopped
- 💬The doubtful figureTwo employees decide whether the figures in the report can be believed
- 💬How life was in the villageA grandson asks his grandmother how life was in the village half a century ago
- 💬Where to throw the rubbishA new resident asks a neighbour what to do with the yard’s rubbish
- 💬Accepting the batchA storekeeper and a driver sort out a batch of goods that arrived with a problem
- 💬What happened at the bazaarTwo neighbours discuss an incident: one saw it all himself, the other knows it second-hand
- 💬About the new workerTwo colleagues at the break discuss what the new man is like in the work
- 💬Whose umbrella was itThe guests are leaving; three similar umbrellas hang at the door
- 💬At the checkoutIn a cloth shop the buyer has chosen a length and comes to pay
- 💬The bus has goneA stop: two come running and see the tail-lights of the departed bus
- 💬Which sweaterA shop before winter: two choose between two similar sweaters
- 💬The neighbour from belowA new resident knocked: they get acquainted and ask each other who works where
- 💬The turn by the bridgeThe car goes through the old city: Ahmad at the wheel, Zainab beside him directs the way
- 💬The shelf came looseIn the room a shelf with books came loose: father and daughter mend it together
- 💬The wrong patternIn a cloth shop: the buyer returns yesterday’s purchase — at home she saw the pattern is not the one
- 💬Who works at whatA family wedding: relatives at the table ask each other who works where
- 💬The phone fell silentThe phone fell off the table and no longer switches on; two people sort out what to do
- 💬The first accountThe elder brother helps the younger set up an email
- 💬Where to on SundayThe family at breakfast decides where to go out on Sunday
Phrases that always rescue you
These are learned first not for politeness. They bring back a conversation that has already gone wrong — which makes them more useful than any list of nouns.
- سلامsalamhello
- شکریہshukriyathank you
- معاف کیجیےmaaf kidzhiyeexcuse me
- مہربانیmeharbaniplease
- مجھے سمجھ نہیں آئیmujhe samajh nahin aiI don’t understand
- آہستہahistaslower
- آپ انگریزی بولتے ہیں؟ap angrezi bolte hain?do you speak English?
- مددmadadhelp!
- کوئی بات نہیںkoy bat nahinyou are welcome
- میں راستہ بھول گیاmain rasta bhul gayaI am lost
- مجھے ڈاکٹر چاہیےmujhe doktor chahiyeI need a doctor
Frequently asked
Which Urdu phrases to learn first?
To start a conversation: “hello”, “thank you” and “excuse me”. To rescue it when it goes wrong: “I don’t understand”.
Is a phrasebook enough without grammar?
For a short trip — yes. For living in the country — no: memorized phrases do not assemble into new ones, and the other person does not follow your script.